Archive for May 21st, 2004
Students Lead Double Lives as CEO’s
Colleges.com: Mike Stern and Peter Venech, founders of a business in New Haven, Connecticut called Aquarium Ventures, are both a part of a new generation of CEO’s. “Running a startup company is like being a juggler with a thousand different balls in the air. You can’t let any of them drop,” offers Stern. And apparently [...]
The Origins of Unengaged Employees
Business Evolutionist: “Think about the birth of an organization: typically, it starts with a founder that combines three essential ingredients: Vision, Courage, and Energy. The founder(s) had a vision of how to make the world a better place, the courage to pursue that vision, and the energy to make that vision a reality (notice that [...]
Don’t Worry About Imaginary Problems
Miguel de Icaza: “My advise to every young programmer is to start writing code and delay addressing imaginary problems until they become real.” Jeremy Zawodny followed up with: “Too many people try to solve everything in advance or devise the perfect solution.” I have the same advice for every “young” entrepreneur: Just do it, and [...]
NY Times: “Dr. Maeda, an associate professor of design and computation at the M.I.T. Media Lab and an award-winning graphic designer, has spent eight months putting forward his own one-word vision of the future: simplicity.” Some of his tenets of simplicity: Heed cultural patterns. The iPod, for instance, succeeded not just because of its sleek [...]
Updated Business Opportunities
Looking for a business to start? Just need an idea? Read through these recently updated business opportunities for inspiration: Relax The Back, HouseMaster Home Inspections, AmeriSuites, 1-800-DryClean, Aerowest Sanitation, The Pet Pantry, Cartoon Cuts Hair Salon, Barbizon School of Modeling, Purified Water To Go, Wheelchair Getaways, We The People Paralegals and Tutoring Club.
